Markdown Paste

Smartly paste for Markdown.

Support Mac/Windows/Linux!.

Requirements

xclip command be required (Linux)
powershell command be required (Win32)
pbpaste command be required (Mac)

Features

Paste smart

Smartly paste in Markdown by pressing 'Ctrl+Alt+V' ('Cmd+Alt+V' on Mac) or Markdown Paste command.
- If you paste an image, the extension will create an new file for the image and insert link code to Markdown (Disabled in SSH & Dev Container mode).
- If you paste a text, it will test the text with customize regex, and replace matched content by regex.
- If you paste a text contain HTML tag, it will try to convert the HTML content to Markdown.
- If you paste a rich text, it will try to convert the rich text to Markdown.
Download file

Use Markdown Download command (Linux or Windows:Ctrl+Alt+D, Mac:Cmd+Alt+D) to download file and insert link code into Markdown.
Paste code

Use Markdown Paste Code command (Linux or Window:Ctrl+Alt+C, Mac:Cmd+Alt+C) to paste code with auto-detecting language.
Ruby tag

Also, if you want to write article for learning Asia language like Chinese or Japanese, ruby tag(for example:聪明(Cōngmíng)) may be useful. Now a ruby tag snippet are prepare for you, select some text and press 'Ctrl+Alt+T'.
```
<ruby>聪明<rp>(</rp><rt>pronunciation</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>
```
This extension will not get the pronunciation for you in this version. You have to replace 'pronunciation' by yourself.
Insert latex math symbol and emoji

You can insert latex math symbol and emoji to any text file, such as Julia source file.

Press 'Ctrl+Alt+\' or input "Insert latex math symbol" in vscode command panel, then input latex symbol name and choose symbol you want.
Embed base64 image

While you paste image or download image, you can force the extension to insert embed base64 image to markdown by empty filename.
AI Parse Clipboard

Use LLM AI to parse text or HTML clipboard content. You can also customize the AI clipboard parsing behavior to better suit different use cases by using the AI configurations

Config

Predefined variables
- ${workspaceRoot} or ${workspaceFolder} - the path of the folder opened in VS Code
- ${workspaceFolderBasename} - the name of the folder opened in VS Code without any slashes (/)
- ${fileWorkspaceFolder} - the current opened file's workspace folder
- ${file} or ${filePath} - the current opened file
- ${relativeFileDirname} - the current opened file's dirname relative to $fileWorkspaceFolder
- ${fileBasename} - the current opened file's base name
- ${fileBasenameNoExtension} - the current opened file's base name with no file extension
- ${fileExtname} - the current opened file's extension
- ${fileDirname} - the current opened file's directory name
- ${datetime} - the current date & time formatted by "yyyyMMDDHHmmss", You can customize the format by format string. exp: ${datetime|yyyy-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss}
- ${selectedText} - the current selected text. If selected text contain illegal characters \/:*?""<>|\r\n it will return "". You can also set the default text, exp: ${selectedText|default text}, If selected text contain illegal characters or selected text is empty it will return the default text.
- ${uuid} - a random UUID v4
MarkdownPaste.path

The folder path that image will be saved. Support absolute path and relative path and predefined variables.

Default value is ${fileDirname}.
MarkdownPaste.nameBase

The string as the default image file name. Support predefined variables.

Default value is ${datetime|yyyyMMDDHHmmss}.
MarkdownPaste.namePrefix

The string prepend to the default image file name. Support predefined variables.

Default value is "".
MarkdownPaste.nameSuffix

The string append to the default image file name. Support predefined variables.

Default value is "".
MarkdownPaste.silence

Enable/disable showing confirm box while paste image. Set this config option to true, filename confirm box will not be shown while paste image.

Default value is false.
MarkdownPaste.enableImgTag

Enable/disable using HTML img tag with width and height for pasting image. If this option be enabled, you can input width and height by using <filepath>[?width,height] in filename confirm input box. for example input \abc\filename.png?200,100, then <img src='\abc\filename.png' width='200' height='100' /> will be inserted.

Default value is true.
MarkdownPaste.encodePath

Encode path link to URL-encode format.
- encodeURI Encode all characters to URL-encode format.
- encodeSpaceOnly Encode ' '(space) to '%20' only.
- none Encode nothing.
Default value is encodeSpaceOnly

MarkdownPaste.rules

If you want to define your own regex to parse and replace content for pasting text. You can fill the following JSON, and set it to this option.

[{
    // rule 1
    "regex": "(https?:\/\/.*)", // your javascript style regex
    "options": "ig",            // regex option
    "replace": "[]($1)"         // replace string
},
{
    // rule 2
    "regex": "(https?:\/\/.*)", // your javascript style regex
    "options": "ig",            // regex option
    "replace": "[]($1)"         // replace string
},
...
]

The extension will try to test text content by regex defined in this option, if matched it will replace content by using the TypeScript function string.replace().

Default value is:

[
  {
    "regex": "^(?:https?://)?(?:(?:(?:www\\.?)?youtube\\.com(?:/(?:(?:watch\\?.*?v=([^&\\s]+).*)|))?))",
    "options": "g",
    "replace": "[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/$1/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1)"
  },
  {
    "regex": "^(https?://.*)",
    "options": "ig",
    "replace": "[]($1)"
  }
]

NOTE While pasting image, this option also apply to render image path link.

MarkdownPaste.applyAllRules

If true, it will apply all rules to the same text orderly, instead only the first applicable one.

Default value is True.
MarkdownPaste.enableHtmlConverter

Enable/disable converting html to markdown.

Default value is True.
MarkdownPaste.enableRulesForHtml

Enable/disable using rules after converting html to markdown.

Default value is True.
MarkdownPaste.turndownOptions

Use turndown options when cover html to markdown, please see turndown options for detail.

Default value is setext

MarkdownPaste.lang_rules

As MarkdownPaste.rules, you can define rules for other language (for example: asciidoc).

[
  [
    {
      "asciidoc": [
        {
          "regex": "^(?:https?://)?(?:(?:(?:www\\.?)?youtube\\.com(?:/(?:(?:watch\\?.*?v=([^&\\s]+).*)|))?))",
          "options": "g",
          "replace": "image::https://img.youtube.com/vi/$1/0.jpg[link=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1\"]"
        },
        {
          "regex": "^(https?://.*)",
          "options": "ig",
          "replace": "image::$1[linktext,300]"
        },
        {
          "regex": "(.*/media/)(.*)",
          "options": "",
          "replace": "image::$2[linktext,300]"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "markdownx": [
        {
          "regex": "^(?:https?://)?(?:(?:(?:www\\.?)?youtube\\.com(?:/(?:(?:watch\\?.*?v=([^&\\s]+).*)|))?))",
          "options": "g",
          "replace": "[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/$1/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=$1)"
        },
        {
          "regex": "^(https?://.*)",
          "options": "ig",
          "replace": "[]($1)"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
]

NOTE If any language rule been matched, it will not apply MarkdownPaste.rules anymore.

MarkdownPaste.autoSelectClipboardType

Auto select clipboard type while multiple clipboard types are available. default is: html&text
MarkdownPaste.autoSelectClipboardTypePriority

Auto select clipboard type priority. default is:
```
["image", "html", "text"]
```
MarkdownPaste.enableAI

Enable AI clipboard parsing feature. default is false.
MarkdownPaste.openaiConnectOption

Set OpenAI (compatible) connection options. default is:
```
"MarkdownPaste.openaiConnectOption": {
    "apiKey": "",
    "baseURL": "https://api.groq.com/openai/v1",
    "maxRetries": 2
}
```
The extension use Groq LLM server by default. You can got an API key from Groq.com.
The extension use OpenAi Node to connect LLM server. So you can also use another LLM server by setting MarkdownPaste.openaiConnectOption.baseURL, e.g. MarkdownPaste.openaiConnectOption.baseURL = "https://api.openai.com/v1", the more detail about openai connection options, please see: https://github.com/openai/openai-node

MarkdownPaste.openaiCompletionTemplate

Set OpenAI completion template. default is:

[
  {
    "model": "llama-3.1-70b-versatile",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "system",
        "content": ["You are a helpful assistant."]
      },
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": [
          "Translate the following text into English and output in markdown format:",
          "{{clipboard_text}}"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "max_tokens": 4096
  }
]

Note: The extension will replace {{clipboard_text}} with your clipboard content.

MarkdownPaste.openaiCompletionTemplateFile

Set OpenAI completion template file. default is: ${fileWorkspaceFolder}/.openaiCompletionTemplate.json

If you want to write more complicated AI completion template, you can use this option.
MarkdownPaste.imageRules
(New Feature) Define custom rules to modify the target image path and Markdown link pattern based on the current Markdown file's path. Each rule is an object with the following properties:
- match: A regex pattern (as a string) to test against the current Markdown file’s full path.
- targetPath: A string pattern (supports predefined variables) that specifies where the image should be saved.
- linkPattern: A string pattern (supports predefined variables) that specifies how the Markdown link for the image should be formatted. You can use ${altText} as selected text,${imageFilePath} as image saved path in the setting.
- options (optional): Regex options (e.g., "i") for the matching pattern.
Example:
```
"MarkdownPaste.imageRules": [
  {
    "match": "courses.*cysec",
    "targetPath": "${workspaceFolder}/labs/public/images/cysec/${fileBasenameNoExtension}_${datetime|yyyy-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss}",
    "linkPattern": "![${altText}](/images/cysec/${fileBasenameNoExtension}_${datetime|yyyy-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss}.png)"
  },
  {
    "match": "courses.*wired",
    "targetPath": "${workspaceFolder}/labs/public/images/wired/${fileBasenameNoExtension}_${datetime|yyyy-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss}",
    "linkPattern": "<img src='/images/wired/${fileBasenameNoExtension}_${datetime|yyyy-MM-DD_HH-mm-ss}.png' alt='${altText}'/>"
  }
]
```

Issues and Suggestions

Please submit bugs via the following link:

https://github.com/telesoho/vscode-markdown-paste-image/issues
Please post suggestions via the following link:

https://github.com/telesoho/vscode-markdown-paste-image/discussions

Contributing

See the contribution guidelines for ideas and guidance on how to improve the extension. Thank you!

License

The extension and source are licensed under the MIT license.

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